This guide is intended as a research tool to help you locate background information, books, articles, and internet/web links on a variety of genetics topics.

Background Information Sources

Available in the library's reference area:

Books

Search the library catalog for books on your subject using words or word combinations below, or visit the library’s 2nd floor and browse call numbers RA1180-1270 (Toxicology), TD (Environmental Technology), and HC79-110 (Economic Issues, including Pollution).

Newspaper, Magazine, and Academic Journal Articles

• InfoTrac: full suite of Gale databases
• Expanded Academic ASAP: full-text journal, magazine, and newspaper articles.
• Health Reference Center Academic: full-text articles on health topics.
• AccessScience: gateway to full-text articles and research updates in all areas of science.
• Open Access Journals: directory of scientific and medical journals published online.
• LexisNexis: large database of current and archived newspaper articles.

Internet Resources

Several internet resources have been selected below. Additional links are available from Web Resources page; follow link for Health Care.

• PubMed
  http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=PubMed
  journal abstracts and articles from the National Library of Medicine
• Genetics Home Reference
  http://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/
  genetics information and web resources from the National Library of Medicine
• DOE Genomes
  http://www.doegenomes.org/
  information related to the human genome project produced by the U.S. Dept. of Energy
• CDC Genomics
  http://www.cdc.gov/genomics/default.htm
  information on genetics and disease prevention from the Centers for Disease Control
• DNA From the Beginning
  http://www.dnaftb.org/dnaftb/
  tutorials about genetics principles and processes sponsored by Cold Spring Harbor
• Genetics Information Center
  http://www.kumc.edu/gec/
  genetics